Tweet In a workscape perspective I described how new frameworks help management, HR and L&D professionals get away from the trees to see the forest of workforce development. Communities of practice are the bridges between the work being done and diverse social networks, fostering cooperation without hierarchical structure. MORE >>

This post is an extract from a new Internet Time Alliance whitepaper, available in both web and PDF formats. Performance Support Services  focus on providing access to, and supporting use of a range of resources (content and people) for performance improvement. This service area  will therefore serve as the main entry point in the Framework. MORE >>

Jesus, as a teacher, was primarily a man of action but in terms ofinstruction it was his powerful parables and sermons that stand out in theGospels. Importantly, there is no sense of exclusion as he encourages shunnedlepers, hated tax inspectors, prostitutes, criminals and especially the poor, toreceive his message. Bibliography Wilson A,N. MORE >>

In a paper Natasha Waterson and Mike Saunders describe how Kew Botanical Gardens in England are adopting mobile technology to help visitors become “delightfully lost.” It turns out that most Kew visitors have social, emotional, and spiritual, rather than intellectual, motivations during their time here. MORE >>

Tweet In The Learning Workplace , Anne Marie McEwan describes “f our profiles of learning workplaces according to structure, global reach, knowledge type, workstyle and social complexity”: Traditional, Emergent, Networked & Hyper-networked. Expanding reach to be more global, as the Internet seeps into all aspects of business. MORE >>